information law

Internet in the Objective Field of Legal Science: Problems of Theory

The article deals with the formation of the theoretical Internet model in Russian legal science, it also discusses the implementation of communicative approach to the Internet law methodology. Results. In our opinion, the operationalization of the idealized object of the Internet is formed on the basis of its technical artifact properties. Russian information law methodologists ignore social aspects of the Internet. The current situation needs methodological adjustments, that will let the Internet to be considered as the part of the social reality and make the nature of the Internet legal relationships comprehensible. Discussion. Social aspects of the Internet need to be fixed at the theoretical level. The Internet has the ability to be a tool of any legal relationship establishment. Thus it will be appropriate to use the knowledge about models and types of Internet communication, accumulated be the communication science.

 Izv. Sarat. Univ. Economics. Management. Law, 2013, vol. 13, iss. 3(1)
Communication Science VS Information Law: Theoretical Problems of the Application of the Information Approach in the Information Law

 In XX century the communication revolution have radically changed the communication space. Humanitarian science has formed its scientific model with difficulty and has spawned a new field interdisciplinary research – communication science. Legal science selected its own way of Internet research. If communication science focuses on consideration of the social aspects of the Internet, legal science is oriented to fixation of product specification Internet. Both of them have chosen source a classic informational approach. Discussion. In the information law uses the informational approach. It accentuates the category of information, leaving without attention the genus and species attributes of the processes of the communication, its structure and composition communicants. The logic of separation of the industry of information law in this methodological riverbed is based on singling out a special sphere of social space - information sphere. It unfolds information public relations, i.e. public relation, the object of which is information. However, this approach actualizes the problem of demarcation of information and noninformation public relations. It does not take into account the specifics of technically mediated relations, which are typical for the information society. Conclusion. The authors hope that the confrontation of communication and information approach in the theory of information law given place to the new methodological synthesis.

 Izv. Sarat. Univ. Economics. Management. Law, 2013, vol. 13, iss. 4(1)
The Development of Law Communication Study in Russia: Problems and Prospects

The article deals with the analysis of a new interdisciplinary
research field formation in Russia – law communication
studies. Theoretical analysis. Formation of communication studies
in the space of domestic humanities began in the post-Soviet period
and was associated with the reception of the Western models of
methodological and institutional organization of knowledge about
communication. In Russia the introduction of communicative problems
in the educational process was quite fast. Communication specialty of
higher education, specialized research associations, specialized scientific
periodicals, dissertation themes were created. The main barrier
to the development of domestic communication study was making an
independent scientific discipline. It remains unresolved. Institutional
deficit determined «atomization» of research communications for a
variety of research areas, specialization subject field of communication.
The forming of law communication study was a special case of
this process. It had three stages: 1) the emergence of a new subject
area at the intersection of linguistics and jurisprudence and stable
interest in the study of law communications; 2) the establishment of
law communicative theory in the general theory of law; 3) the formation
of state information and communication paradigms with the active
participation of information law science. Results. Three disciplinary
areas that generate a substantive law communication studies field
were analyzed. This analysis showed that the sufficient conditions for
their integration into a single unit completed. Firstly, it is a common
for them tendency to interpret communication in law through its
social nature and steady feedback from non-legal sciences, which explore the modern communication processes. Secondly, it is using
of categorical apparatus and basic structural schemes of communication
study. Now development of the law communication studies as an
independent interdisciplinary research area depends on the process
of consolidation of the scientific community.

 Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия. Серия Экономика. Управление. Право. 2015. Т. 15, вып. 3
Communication Space as Object of Legal Policy: Theoretical Problems of Spatial Approachformation

Introduction. The article deals with methodological aspects of research of communication space in the theory of legal policy, it also discusses the application of spatial approach for this purpose. Discussion of results. In our opinion, the theoretical model of commu- nication space allows to take into account the patterns of communication dynamics, to identify the objectives and priorities of the societal transformations, to mitigate the digital divide and the future communication divides. Conclution. The author comes to the conclusion that jurisprudence spatial approach is fragmentary. Theoretical researches of legal space are focused on the social and philosophical spatial approach and the relational concept of space. Empirical researches of a cyberspace (virtual space) have substantial character. Their integration barrier is the substantivism of the theoretical legal doctrine about law action in space, in time and around persons.

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